Heavy Networking 704: Roundtable Redux: Blaming The Network; Containerlab Love; 400G Envy

Today’s Heavy Networking is another roundtable episode. We’ve assembled a group of network engineers to talk about what’s on their minds. Topics today include why other IT departments adn end users are quick to blame the network first, and what can be done about it; using Nokia’s open-source Containerlab for testing and development work; and why you shouldn’t feel left behind when you hear talk about 400G and 800G networks. Our guests are Bryan Ward, John Howard, and Lindsay Hill. If you’d like to join a future roundtable or suggest a topic, join our Slack group and let us know. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Your branch has changed. Your SD-WAN should, too. Join Palo Alto Networks to see how AI/ML is powering next-gen SD-WAN and SASE for the branch. SDxCentral and Palo Alto Networks hosted an exclusive online event that shows how next-gen SD-WAN and SASE can help you modernize and secure your branches. Go to SDXcentral.com to get the link to this free event to see the replay. Sponsor: Itential Improve your network automation from one-off scripts that only can use to safe, robust automations you can share with your entire IT organization with Itential. Itential helps you implement NetDevOps so you can deliver self-service networking from ticket creation to ticket closure. Find out more at itential.com/packetpushers. Show Links: Containerlab Problemofnetwork.com – John’s Blog Bryanward.net – Bryan’s Blog lkhill.com – Lindsay’s Blog Packet Pushers Slack